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Went The Day Well? (1942) |
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Snug little Bromley End seemed safe from World War II, and the villagers welcomed the lorry loads of Royal Engineers rolling onto their quiet green acres. They didn't know they were disguised German parachutists installing radar apparatus to disrupt England's entire network. Nor did they suspect their community leader was a traitor. But gradually they learnt the sinister truth and bravely fought the Nazi occupation at the highest cost of all.
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1942 and all that
Rob Smith
13 January 2014
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Based on a short story by Graham Greene this 1942 drama posits the idea of a small English village being taken over by German paratroopers in preparation for an imminent invasion.
What might superficially age the film; the RADA accents, the focus on the quiet courage of the brave villagers and the belief everything can be sorted out with a nice cup of tea, actually make it a tougher watch. These are the arhetypes of our parents and grandparents generation, and they are beaten and killed in a fairly shocking way.
This film was made by and shown to people who fully expected a German invasion to happen - criticising their world view is ridiculous - because we have not stood where they stood.
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